Youxuan Grassland is worthy of being known as a gathering place for orcs. When following the lizardmen and their party to the habitat of the Earth Mother Tribe, which is responsible for the thanksgiving ceremony, there are more and more orcs on the road with various shapes and rough appearance, close to the appearance of beasts. Some look like agile wolves and cheetahs, some look like tall and mighty tigers, some are slightly squat but explosive bears, and one is as long as a lion among cats. There are orcs with thick manes known as the 'royal family', and these orcs seem to have a high status in the entire Youxuan Grassland. When Eva talks about them, she can't help but lower her voice, as if she is afraid that these royal families will hear her.
Although the male orcs do look like beasts that can walk upright, the female orcs appear to be a bit slender.
It seems that female orcs are much shorter in stature. Of course, most of them are the same height as human males, but compared to the male orcs whose minimum standard is two meters, they are really petite, and compared to Male orcs have a furry beast face, but some female orcs have quite good looks. They are very similar to humans and elves in appearance, except that they occasionally have a little mane on their cheeks and chin, and some female orcs have no mane on their bodies. They cover the whole body, but are a little longer on their lower arms and legs. Together with the fluffy ears on their heads and the tails behind them, they have a different kind of wild beauty.
That is definitely something that human aesthetic values can accept, and it still feels good!
However, facing this kind of exotic scenery that they have never seen before, the Saints are not in the mood to appreciate it at the moment. Even the Scorpio Gold Saint Kaludia, who is usually the most open-minded, muttered with a reduced sense of existence. Well, it's not that the Saints are not interested in this because they are not scholars who study national customs, it's because the group of people who treated the orcs as rare species before entering the Youxuan Grassland are now being attacked by the beasts in the Youxuan Grassland. People treat them as rare animals, looking at the surprised and curious looks from all around, looking at the orc children walking behind them as if they are looking at rare things, and the saints enjoying the treatment of "big stars" at this moment It just felt like sitting on pins and needles.
"┉That's a human, right?"
"┉It seems so. I have seen humans before who looked like hairless monkeys."
"┉He is so short. He looks as tall as my daughter."
"Why do humans come here? They don't look like businessmen."
"┉Is he a messenger from the Holy City?"
"┉It doesn't feel like it. Why do humans and lizard people get together?"
Some trivial whispers from all directions made the Saints look unhappy. Not to mention being demoted to short hairless monkeys, the tone of the orcs gradually became full of suspicion, which made the Saints feel that something was wrong. wonderful. Although many merchants from Zegus Kingdom will enter Youxuan Grassland to do business with the orcs, these merchants will not go too deep into the grassland. At most, they are some tribes in the border areas adjacent to the grassland and Zegus Kingdom. Carry out trade, and the large tribes deep in the grassland will send caravans to the border areas every time they start trade. If I want to say that there are indeed many orcs living deep in the Youxuan Grassland who have only heard about human beings on weekdays. information, and today is the first time they have witnessed a human lineup.
However, unlike the Saints, the one who received the most attention was Selian, a dark elf. Although Selian was veiled, the girl's dark complexion made her a black-skinned monkey. The identity of the dark elf was recognized by some well-informed orcs. At this moment, even if she was not threatened, Selian subconsciously moved closer to Alexis, who was always looking for opportunities to escape, and hid in Alexis. Celiane, who is between Lexis and Eva, has tried her best to reduce her presence, but obviously the effect is not very great.
Faced with this dilemma, Kaludia also smiled bitterly: "Why do you feel like we have become rare animals?"
"Try to learn to adapt. Before entering Youxuan Grassland, treat orcs as rare things."
Among the Saints, only El Cid still maintained a poker face and answered meticulously.
Although they were surrounded by a group of orcs who didn't know the truth, they still braved the situation and walked to the city of the Earth Mother Tribe with the lizard people who were also a little embarrassed. Outside the city of the Earth Mother Tribe, which could be seen with the naked eye, there was a tower more than ten meters high. Beneath the stone wall has obviously become a temporary camp for the orcs participating in the Thanksgiving Ceremony. There are no hotels, no beds, and even a few tents. However, the orcs who are accustomed to living with the sky as their cover and the earth as their hut do not care about this at all. There was a bustle of people sitting around their respective campfires chatting, while a temporary trade market not far away was bustling with various transactions.
There was a platform set up at the entrance to the temporary camp, with several dried corpses hanging on the swings. Judging from the corpses that had not yet completely decomposed, it seemed that there were both orcs and humans, but most of them were human corpses. There is also a wooden board nailed directly above the platform with some words written in orc language.
"What's going on? What's written on it!?" Kaludia finally couldn't help but asked.
"It says 'This is the fate of cultists'~hiss, they are all cultists who were captured and executed~hiss." A lizard man who had a good relationship with Caludia answered.
Just when the Saints were sighing that they finally reached their destination, several orc guards who were responsible for ensuring the safety and order of the camp patrolled over. These tall orc guards, who regarded the ferocious wild wolves as police dogs, immediately noticed the road. The conspicuous Saints in the team, during this special period of Thanksgiving, the human-faced Saints instantly aroused the vigilance of the guards.
The Saints naturally found the guards who cast suspicious glances, but running away at this time would be equivalent to sending a signal to the other party that they were suspicious. At this moment, the Saints had to bite the bullet and wait.
The leading guard, an orc who was nearly three meters tall and had a scar on his face like a standing bear, asked unceremoniously: "Humans, why did you come here and tell your story?" identity!"
"Hey, hey, hey~ Don't get angry, big man, we are not suspicious persons."
Kaludia raised his hand to tell the nervous-looking big bear to calm down a little. However, Elshid directly dragged Kaludia behind him to prevent his big mouth from doing anything bad, and everyone was calm and steady. Alubioni, the Silver Saint of Cepheus, stepped forward to negotiate with the other party. Obviously, although the orcs of the Earth Mother tribe no longer regard humans as enemies due to the coordination of the Holy City and their belief in the God of the Earth, during the special period of the Thanksgiving Day, and in addition to the previous capture of cultists who tried to sneak in to carry out destruction, the Earth Mother Tribe no longer regards humans as enemies. The orc guards of the mother tribe obviously became more vigilant and became less talkative.
The Eucharist is a festival that belongs to the orcs. Just as the lizardman priest Eva said, according to the usual rules, outsiders other than orcs are not welcome. The lizardmen who were affected by traveling with the saints obviously have enough proof. The tokens of identity were quickly released, but Eva generously explained the identities of the Saints to the guards, especially the fact that the Saints had certificates provided by the royal family of the Kingdom of Zegus. The orc guard's certificate of the Zegus royal family obviously understood the importance of it and his expression softened a little.
Of course, the situation has eased, but the leading orc guard is obviously not completely convinced yet: "Since you are the envoys of the Zegus Kingdom, please show me the supporting documents."
In fact, the guards were not going to let the Saints in even if they showed the certificates. Humans are not welcome to participate in the orc festival. The certificates can at most prove their innocence~ prove it a little, and then the only two choices they can make , the first is to go back there along the original route, and the second is to stay outside the camp to watch the thanksgiving ceremony that is two kilometers away.
"Oh~ Okay, I hope you don't misunderstand us. We are not suspicious people, we are just a little curious about your thanksgiving." Alubioni made up lies that even he did not believe as the orc guards began to return. Go get the certification documents provided by the Zegus Kingdom.
"The certification documents seem to have been given to Alexis for safekeeping."
"Miss Alexis, can I ask for the supporting documents? Hey! Where are you?"
Just when Elcide was about to ask Alexis for certification documents, she suddenly discovered that Alexis and Selian, who were originally beside everyone, disappeared together. The Saints who noticed the abnormality hurriedly I looked around to see if they were separated due to the flow of people, but when I thought about it carefully, my group of people received special attention along the way. The orcs completely avoided my group and walked, making it not feel crowded at all. How could Alexis, a giant dragon, get separated here, let alone Selian, who was caught in the middle of the group before.
When Alexis and Selian disappeared, the lizard people suddenly realized and were shocked. Because a few seconds ago, the dark elf and the human woman were still among them. How come they disappeared in the blink of an eye
Just when everyone was at a loss, some of the orcs watching the fun suddenly realized that two women in the human team suddenly disappeared. Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, they suddenly realized He disappeared, and no one around him even noticed. This is simply more powerful than the human jugglers who once came to the grassland to perform their talents!
The other party just made a cat disappear in front of everyone, and also used a piece of white cloth, while the elf and human women in front of them just disappeared, and no one even noticed how they disappeared!
Let’s not talk about where Alexis went. Unfortunately, the Saints now discovered that the certification documents brought from the Kingdom of Zegus were all on Alexis. They originally thought that the documents should be placed as white. The Dragon Guard was the strongest among the people and Alexis should be safe, but now the White Dragon Guard suddenly played a disappearing trick, leaving everyone standing awkwardly and awkwardly at a loss.
And several guards behind the Saints have already grasped the weapons in their hands with vigilant expressions! (~^~)